babadono Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 On 7/21/2017 at 4:48 PM, JJkizak said: Just as well. The city right of way usually extends even with the telephone poles and if you erect something there that is not to code (Steel posts, concrete posts, huge rocks) you can be sued if a vehicle hits it and the operator is injured or dies. Consider it lucky the owner of the mailbox did not get sued yet. My mailbox is also in the "road easement". But so is everybody else's in my neighborhood. If they weren't we would not get our mail. A postal employee actually walk 20' to a mailbox? Not in this day and age. Anyway who knows about the woman who demolished Chris A's neighbor's mailbox. There is an opioid epidemic in this country. She may have been high. Who knows. But most likely it was just an accident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 2 hours ago, babadono said: My mailbox is also in the "road easement". But so is everybody else's in my neighborhood. If they weren't we would not get our mail. A postal employee actually walk 20' to a mailbox? Not in this day and age. Anyway who knows about the woman who demolished Chris A's neighbor's mailbox. There is an opioid epidemic in this country. She may have been high. Who knows. But most likely it was just an accident What I was getting at was the fact that everybody"s mailbox is normally mounted on a (breakaway) wood post in the right of way. When you change to a metal or concrete post that's what peeks the lawyer's interest. Then after removing the wood it is no longer considered breakaway. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT FAN Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I vote either texting or drunk. Viamin V in the afternoon is not a good look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Resurrection... Actually, it was done two days ago but the mortar was still wet. Chris 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 We can rebuild it. We have the technology! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 One of the places that I used to live (there have been so many that I have forgotten which) had an ordinance that mailboxes must be on wooden posts of not more than sixteen square inches cross-sectional area (4x4). It was specifically to prevent injury to automobile drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 1 minute ago, Edgar said: One of the places that I used to live (there have been so many that I have forgotten which) had an ordinance that mailboxes must be on wooden posts of not more than sixteen square inches cross-sectional area (4x4). It was specifically to prevent injury to automobile drivers. We had those back in the 80's. They all rotted in the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, oldtimer said: We had those back in the 80's. They all rotted in the ground. The posts, or the drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 1 minute ago, Edgar said: The posts, or the drivers? The posts. For some odd reason we haven't had issues with the drivers in our hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 10 hours ago, babadono said: A postal employee actually walk 20' to a mailbox? Not in this day and age. The postal employees in my neighborhood still walk their routes, and deliver porch to porch. Growing up, the waste management employees would walk into our side yard, lift the garbage cans out of the ground and walk them down the front stairs to the truck, only to walk them back up alongside the house and lower them back into the ground! We never had a milk delivery person, no matter what my father says... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 On 7/26/2017 at 10:54 PM, mungkiman said: The postal employees in my neighborhood still walk their routes, and deliver porch to porch. Growing up, the waste management employees would walk into our side yard, lift the garbage cans out of the ground and walk them down the front stairs to the truck, only to walk them back up alongside the house and lower them back into the ground! We never had a milk delivery person, no matter what my father says... we had a milkman as a kid in the late 60s...and I remember the doctor stopping by to check me out..Dr. Panzone lived around the corner.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Eric, How did you put a scratch in the Vista Cruiser ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Well, I had no idea how I dented that wood grain vinyl covered door... until my friend called to say his neighbor was really upset about his mailbox. I said, "what mailbox?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Mine is solid. It's completely full of rebar and mortar. The rebar is dowled into the street and the sidewalk. I suppose you could knock it over but it's going to do some damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 On 7/26/2017 at 1:39 PM, oldtimer said: We can rebuild it. We have the technology! The six million dollar mailbox ! It could have a bionic flag. That's the coolest sound, when he used his bionic powers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 14 hours ago, CECAA850 said: Mine is solid. It's completely full of rebar and mortar. The rebar is dowled into the street and the sidewalk. I suppose you could knock it over but it's going to do some damage. Your not going with the flow here. What if that kid with a baseball bat breaks his arm on your mailbox and then sues? You will be on the 6 o'clock NEWS explaining why you so viciously broke that poor kids arm. JJK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I'm not much for going with the flow. Around here, I'd bet the judge would throw the case out of court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 11 minutes ago, CECAA850 said: I'm not much for going with the flow. Around here, I'd bet the judge would throw the case out of court. And say "here's ur sign" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 On 7/31/2017 at 0:20 PM, CECAA850 said: I'm not much for going with the flow. Around here, I'd bet the judge would throw the case out of court. https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/radDocs/tipvandl.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twk123 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 On 7/31/2017 at 9:59 AM, JJkizak said: Your not going with the flow here. What if that kid with a baseball bat breaks his arm on your mailbox and then sues? You will be on the 6 o'clock NEWS explaining why you so viciously broke that poor kids arm. JJK CECAA lives in Texas. He could simply argue the mailbox was 'standing its ground'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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